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Coscinodiscophycidae

Coscinodiscineae
Actinocyclus normannii.jpeg
Actinocyclus normanii, a diatom from the family Hemidiscaceae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): SAR
Superphylum: Heterokonta
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Centrales
Suborder: Coscinodiscineae
Families

Coscinodiscophycidae or Coscinodiscineae is a grouping of Coscinodiscophyceae, previously known as "Centrales", a paraphyletic order of centric diatoms, a major group of algae and one of the most common members of the phytoplankton.

Valves generally have a marginal ring of processes. They usually have symmetry with no polarities.


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